NIPAWIN — Nipawin council has rejected an amendment to the town’s noise bylaw.
The bylaw currently states that no person shall allow the motor on any truck over one ton (GVW) to remain running for longer than 30 minutes while the unit is stationary in a residential district.
“The amendment that we proposed specifically talks about diesel engines, diesel motors, diesel trucks and the question was asked at the committee, ‘What if it was a large gas vehicle?,’” said Barry Elliott, Nipawin’s administrator.
Elliott said not including large gas vehicles was an omission to the overall intent of the bylaw.
“It makes good sense to incorporate that in there as well,” Elliott said.
“More of an omission in the language.”
The amendment would have changed that to, “No person shall allow the diesel motor on a tractor which pulls a trailer or on a semitrailer truck to remain running for longer than 30 minutes while the tractor-trailer, or tractor alone, or truck, is stationary in a residential district.”
The amendment added another line which explained that except for the above stipulations, “no person shall allow the diesel motor of any vehicle to remain running for longer than 20 minutes while the motor vehicle is stationary in a residential district.”
